PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS : REPORT OF A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY | Zendy

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PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS : REPORT OF A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY

Author(s) -

Basudha Koirala,

Sanjeev Sharma,

M Deb,

S K Bhatttacharya

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

journal of nepal medical association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 1815-672X

pISSN - 0028-2715

DOI - 10.31729/jnma.852

Subject(s) - medicine , streptococcus pneumoniae , penicillin , antimicrobial , pneumococcal infections , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology

Seventy-one isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae were obtained from various clinicalspecimens of sixty-six patients. Type of pneumococcal infections varied in differentage groups. Major brunt of the invasive pneumococcal infection was borne by infantsand children. Isolates from infected corneal ulcers were relatively resistant toantimicrobials including penicillin, as compared to those isolated from normallysterile body sites.Key Words: Pneumoccoccal infection, antimicrobial susceptibility, Eastern Nepal.

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